Sequence variability at three MHC loci of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

Immunogenetics

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 581-592

  Xu, Shixia ^a   Sun, Peng ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Finless porpoises; Genetic variation; MHC

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PORPOISES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES;

EID: 34249809452     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-007-0223-9     Document Type: Article

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